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Subject: Re: simple multitasking examples
Keywords: bad idea, whoa, no, unimpressive
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Date: 19 Feb 89 19:19:04 GMT
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In article <6168@columbia.edu> simon@cheshire.UUCP (Thor Simon) writes:
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>  As far as the formatting-two-disks idea goes, I have to say I think it's a bad idea.  I used to do this all the time, until I realised it took  _longer_ 

I *timed* it with a stop watch. I dont remember the exact timings, but
I know that it took longer to format two at a time than
one at a time, but it was less than twice as long
giving a net savings of some number of seconds